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SyndicateRoom requires established lead investors before listing any crowdfunding campaigns
“We operate what we call an investor-led equity crowdfunding model, and what that means is that before any opportunity comes to us and is open to a wider network of investors, there has to be an established lead investor involved who's kicked the tires of the b…”
Tom Britton Mar 30, 2015 ▶ 3:40 20 VC 023: The Recipe for a successful Crowdfunding campaign with Tom Britton
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SyndicateRoom requires lead investors to fund at least 25% of every deal
“So our minimum is 25% of the deal must be funded by the lead investors, but we've also had deals that have come to us where only 10% of it is still available.”
Tom Britton Mar 30, 2015 ▶ 5:27 20 VC 023: The Recipe for a successful Crowdfunding campaign with Tom Britton
Assertion Partly supported
VCs no longer invest in funding rounds below £5 million
“What we're seeing is that VCs aren't coming in into a round until it reaches a certain size, and that size is getting larger and larger. So, so what A VC would have done a few years ago, five or 10 even, you know, playing in a two million round. Now they won't…”
Tom Britton Mar 30, 2015 ▶ 7:23 20 VC 023: The Recipe for a successful Crowdfunding campaign with Tom Britton
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NESTA recommends angel investors spend 20 hours on due diligence per deal
“They recommend that Angel should really look at something for about 20 hours before investing.”
Tom Britton Mar 30, 2015 ▶ 9:24 20 VC 023: The Recipe for a successful Crowdfunding campaign with Tom Britton
Assertion Supported
SyndicateRoom's average crowdfunding campaign raise size exceeds £600,000
“And the total average raise is over 600,000 pounds now.”
Tom Britton Mar 30, 2015 ▶ 5:43 20 VC 023: The Recipe for a successful Crowdfunding campaign with Tom Britton
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£84 million was raised through UK equity crowdfunding in 2014
“Last year, there was eighty-four million done through, through equity crowdfunding, right?”
Tom Britton Mar 30, 2015 ▶ 14:22 20 VC 023: The Recipe for a successful Crowdfunding campaign with Tom Britton
Assertion Supported
UK angel investment totals approximately £1 billion annually
“You know, you talk about angel investment being at about a billion pounds a year in the UK.”
Tom Britton Mar 30, 2015 ▶ 14:39 20 VC 023: The Recipe for a successful Crowdfunding campaign with Tom Britton
Assertion Partly supported
Only a couple hundred UK startups received crowdfunding in 2014
“Over 500,000 new businesses were started last year, right? And how many of them are getting funding through crowdfunding? A couple hundred at most.”
Tom Britton Mar 30, 2015 ▶ 7:57 20 VC 023: The Recipe for a successful Crowdfunding campaign with Tom Britton
Assertion Supported
SyndicateRoom enforces a £1,000 minimum investment threshold for its platform
“Well, with our model, we have minimum investment level of a thousand pounds, right?”
Tom Britton Mar 30, 2015 ▶ 12:36 20 VC 023: The Recipe for a successful Crowdfunding campaign with Tom Britton
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